"When
you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or
condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness
is the only way to dissolve that link and get free."
- Katherine Ponder
When I read this quote above today, it reinforced within me that I don't want to hold resentment of another... I don't want to wonder why things are good for them and not for me? I don't want to question why some people seem to escape trials while others are inundated with them. The precise reason that I don't hold the resentment for others is that I want my freedom.
I don't want to have those chains holding me back, so that I cannot move on. It always makes me think when people I know don't let go of resentment... I see it as so sad, it holds back good people from becoming what they were meant to become.
When I was 15 years old and I wanted to be free from Ruth (my abusive ex step mother)... all I did was pray that I would be free of living with her, free of her control... I wished her no harm, I never questioned why she didn't seem to pay... My prayer was answered, I was free not to live with her... it was not for me to wonder why or when she would pay. I think no ill thoughts of her or anyone that was less then kind to me.
I never want resentment to stunt my growth and hold me back... just as I felt when I was 15 is how I feel today... Let things go, don't be revengeful... it will never bring peace or freedom.
I read once ( can't remember where) that forgiveness is not to release the person who did you wrong from what they did. It's to release yourself from the wrong and move on for yourself.... interesting thought.
ReplyDeleteI have read something similar... I have to say... I don't think forgiveness is easy and I don't think that I have had the hardest things to forgive (others would think differently)... but I know it is all relevant... I just know that I don't want anyone having that kind of control over me... thank you for your comment Joy:)
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes Launna.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rick.. I love finding inspiring quotes that touch me:)
ReplyDeletewhen we forgive we forget and that brings peace to oneself and the other!! inspiring quotes miam...
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Sangay.... peace is what I wish for others:-)
ReplyDeleteGandhi said 'The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.'
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Thank you Good... I came across this quote too... so true:-)
ReplyDeleteI agree Launa, resentment draws us back, it prevents us from spreading our wings and fly high :).
ReplyDeleteLaunna, this is so very true. We too often avoid the past when in fact we should face it head on, for that's the only way to overcome anything.
ReplyDeleteThank you Petronela... it's true that freedom allows us to spread our wings....:-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith... You are SO right, we cannot avoid the past, if we are to grow....:-)
ReplyDeleteLove these quotes and you!! You always impress me with your vision!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Jackie... this means so much coming from you ;-)
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